The emperor dies and a new emperor ascends the throne.
Li Yu estimated that no one would have time to pay attention to him for a while, so he took Wu Shun and Qiongying for a walk on the streets of Daming.
Outside Zhengyang Gate, people were coming and going in the alley markets, rubbing shoulders, but the death of His Majesty the Emperor did not affect the lives of the people.
The shopping desire of the people in the capital city of the Ming Dynasty was no less than that of Bianliang. "There was no stone in the house, but the food and clothing were in the big house." The trend of extravagance and luxury was common.
"Dirty" means that even if the bearers and soldiers work hard all day long, they still have to sell wine to get drunk when they return at night.
Some people work hard all day and spend all the money they earn in brothels at night. They work as cows and horses during the day and as uncles at night. They are very happy.
Fortunately, Yanjing was also a big city in the Six Dynasties. If you were really willing to work hard, there were many places to make money, so you would never have nothing to do with your strength.
Maybe people in other places will wonder if you have to put on clothes, drink wine and eat meat even if you can't eat. Isn't this a disease?
Don't ask, just ask what people from other places know, this is old Beijing.
Qiongying walked into a jewelry store, selected and compared several pieces of jewelry, and finally picked up a pearl hairpin, compared it to her head, turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Li Yu, does it look good?"
Li Yu didn't even look at it, he opened his mouth and said: "It looks good, it looks great."
Wu Shun covered her mouth and snickered. She had very high standards, and from the perspective of a lady from the Tang Dynasty, the styles of Ming jewelry were not very appealing. Instead, she looked curiously at the customs and customs of the surrounding Ming capital.
Although Wu Shun had known about big cities like Bianliang and Yanjing for a long time, Wu Shun never thought that he could come. The Six Dynasties were very big, and for a lady like her who was raised in a boudoir, they were far away in the book.
It’s just a distant place.
There was a flurry of excitement outside the shop. It turned out that the Jin Yiwei were passing by. They didn't know who they had arrested, and they were escorting a group of family members of criminal officials. The people along the way were pointing and pointing.
Li Yu was a little surprised. Emperor Xuande was on the throne and would not easily kill ministers. The corpses had just died and their bones were still cold. Could it be that Zhu Qizhen was about to go on a killing spree?
No way, he is only nine years old, could he be the Empress Dowager?
Li Yu curiously walked to the door of the store and saw that the arrested man was unkempt and his clothes were stained with blood. It seemed that he had been tortured.
The leader had a sad look in his eyes. He staggered every two steps he took and almost fell down several times.
"Who is this?"
"You don't even know this, so you have asked the right person. This is Wang Ziteng, who is under inspection in the nine provinces. It is said that he was reported for being corrupt."
"That's right! Why are you being escorted to Beijing at this time? Isn't this unlucky! Maybe His Majesty was killed by him."
"You want to die. You dare to chew anything with your tongue. That's Jin Yiwei. Do you want to die?"
Passers-by quickly looked around to see that he was just quick to talk, but regretted it after he said it, and immediately ran away in panic for fear of being caught.
When Li Yu heard this name, he immediately became interested. This man was the uncle of Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan, and the uncle of Wang Xifeng.
He was actually arrested. Li Yu was surprised. He took a special look and lowered his voice and asked: "Brother, I heard that the Wang family tree has big roots and deep roots. How could it be knocked down so easily? If you say it's greedy, isn't it?
It’s a bit of a fuss. After our great ancestor passed away, a few officials were not greedy, so why did they arrest them and beat them like this?”
The boy said to him mysteriously: "Your accent sounds like you are not from Yanjing, right?"
"I'm from Bianliang."
"No wonder the guest doesn't know something. The water here is too deep. Even if you tell me, you don't understand. It's better not to know."
Li Yu was speechless about this riddle man, but it was not good to ask him in detail in public, so he might as well go and inquire about it himself another day.
After wandering in the street for a long time, when it was almost dark, Li Yucai took Wu Shun Qiongying back to the restaurant.
It is now the period of national mourning, and half of the people in the restaurant are gone. After going upstairs, people keep moving out of the building.
"Waiter, bring me a pot of tea and bring it to my room."
"Okay."
Li Yu sat at the table, and the waiter knocked on the door. He knew that there were women in the house, so he didn't dare to look around and lowered his head to deliver water.
Li Yu asked: "What's going on today? Why are so many tenants checking out?"
The waiter smiled and said: "My guests don't know. His Majesty passed away and the country was mourned for three months. Many of these guests came to Beijing to do business. Some of them couldn't complete their business, so they had no choice but to leave."
Li Yu sighed in his heart. He was just like them. He didn't know whether the purpose of coming to Beijing could still be fulfilled.
Suddenly there was a burst of footsteps outside, the sound was quick and brisk. Someone pushed the door open and came in. When he saw Li Yu, he immediately saluted: "Uncle Headmaster!"
Li Yu glanced at her angrily and said, "Have you lost all the good habits you developed at Zhengjingmen? You don't even know when you enter a house and knock on the door? Sure enough, you just follow a freeloader and don't learn well."
The waiter put down the teapot and retreated. Tang Saier smiled and closed the door.
Li Yu threw a baggage over. Tang Sai'er reached out to catch it and asked, "What is this?"
"Your master asked me to send it to you. As for what it is about, you may have asked the wrong person. What kind of person is your master uncle? How could you turn over something that belongs to you as master and disciple?"
Tang Saier was originally an introverted and silent child, but with the love of his master and the friendship of his friends in the Zhengjing Sect, he gradually became cheerful and lively.
She smiled and said: "Of course, my uncle is the headmaster of the Orthodox Sect and the most serious person in the world. Hey, Sister Qiongying is here too. Who is this beautiful sister?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "This is my Taoist companion."
"Ah, it turns out to be the headmaster's wife."
Wu Shun sat down with a smile and said, "What a cute little girl."
Li Yu snorted coldly and said, "How long are you going to stay out in the wild?"
Tang Saier was a little embarrassed. She was from the Ming Dynasty and hated the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty the most.
This time Dao Yan told her that he wanted to fight corruption in the Ming Dynasty and benefit the people, and Tang Sai'er also wanted to do his part.
Indeed, with the efforts of Dao Yan and the emperor, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was rectified, various tax exemptions and exemptions were made, and the residence system was also completed.
Just when everything was prosperous, the emperor passed away. Tang Sai'er met the emperor and liked him very much because he was really a wise king.
Her eyes moved and she said with a smile: "Master, aren't you angry?"
"What do you think?"
"Uncle Headmaster, you have to put in a good word for me."
"This is difficult." Li Yu poured a cup of hot tea and pushed Wu Shun over. Tang Saier immediately stepped forward and poured water for Qiong Ying and Li Yu.
"I will follow the great monk and go back after finishing my work for a while."
Li Yu's mind suddenly moved and he asked calmly: "What are you busy with?"
Tang Saier was very happy and told the story again. At the end, when he said that Emperor Xuande passed away, he felt a little sad.
Li Yu was suddenly startled, and the more he heard, the more something was wrong.
It feels so right to rectify the administration of officials, suddenly die suddenly, and Dao Yan is silent.
From this point of view, there may be something fishy about Ming Emperor Zhu Zhanji’s untimely death.
